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Survival Skills: It’s Not Fair!

05/06/202505/06/2025 Steph Penny Leave a comment Surviving Chronic Illness

There are times when I get super jealous of able-bodied people. There, I said it. As much as envy is not exactly a fruit of the Spirit, this try-hard Christian experiences jealousy on a semi-regular basis. I feel it watching other people climb stairs without a problem. I experience it when friends regale me with […]

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Is Writing Cathartic? 

13/10/202313/10/2023 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, My songs, Survivng Childlessness

‘How wonderful to express your pain through writing,’ people often enthuse. ‘It must be so cathartic!’ Yes—and no.  On the one hand, I find it helpful to get my feelings onto paper or screen. Seeing things in black and white can give me clarity about my problems, not to mention perspective. Sometimes, when I write […]

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It’s Conference Time! 

06/10/202306/10/2023 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing, Worship

Tonight the 2023 Omega Christian Writer’s Conference begins. I’m just a tiny bit excited about this.  Why? It’s not just the opportunity to think more creatively, learn about the business and art of writing, and spend time actually writing. It’s not just the inspirational talks, the information and resources, and the practical help offered by […]

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A Vocation of Existing 

04/08/202304/08/2023 Steph Penny 3 Comments Surviving Chronic Illness

I had big dreams as a kid. I loved singing, acting and being on the stage. I wanted to do something musical and creative with my life.  Then, as a teenager, I encountered God in a radical way. I had always known God, but he took my life and rearranged it, in the way a […]

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Finding Rest

30/06/202330/06/2023 Steph Penny Leave a comment Surviving Chronic Illness

I received so many comments in response to last weeks’ blog that I figured they warranted their own blog!  It seems many readers could relate to the concept of rest not being restful whether because of chronic illness, pain, fatigue or sleep problems. It’s good to know we are not alone. Here follows the helpful […]

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Writing Tribe

27/01/202327/01/2023 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing

I love my tribe of writers. We meet once every couple of months with local fellow writers, and we have an international conference every year. We are Christians of all ages, all personality types, and all writing genres.  I suppose some would consider this group an extra commitment, like a chore. But for me, it’s […]

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Play It Safe

14/10/202214/10/2022 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing

“‘That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least? The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest. […]

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I Resolve to Retreat

07/01/202207/01/2022 Steph Penny Leave a comment Counter-culturalism, Surviving Chronic Illness, Surviving COVID-19

I’m not setting any goals for this year.  Living in a pandemic, I have learned that one can set goals that seem totally realistic one week but which can mutate into something completely impossible the next. My personal goals around publishing books, travel and even self-care plans have been decimated over the past two years.  […]

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My Writing Tribe

08/10/202108/10/2021 Steph Penny Leave a comment General writing

There’s lots to love in a writing conference. Workshops, speakers and bookstalls for that all-important retail therapy. It’s a great chance to network and and garner contacts for editing and publishing, something all writers need (whether we are aiming for traditional or self-publishing).  But there’s one thing I love most about these kinds of writerly […]

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Birthing Babies

24/09/202124/09/2021 Steph Penny Leave a comment Counter-culturalism, General writing, Songwriting, Survivng Childlessness

I sent off another copy of Surviving Childlessness this week and, as always, I felt like I was saying goodbye to my baby.  Birthing a book baby is a strange feeling. I am overjoyed at the result, a book I can hold in my hands that looks and feels exactly as I always imagined it would. But […]

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    • Myths of Singledom 19/06/2025
    • Survival Skills: Grace in the Flames 12/06/2025
    • Survival Skills: It’s Not Fair! 05/06/2025
    • Survival Skills: Scriptures for Illness 29/05/2025
    • Prayer of a Disfigured Christian 18/04/2025
    • Survival Skills: The God Who Allows Pain 11/04/2025
    • Survival Skills: Beauty and Breath 28/03/2025
    • Survival Skills: Find Your Illness Tribe 21/03/2025
    • Survival Skills: Upending Ableism 14/03/2025
    • Survival Skills: Grieving Spaces 07/03/2025
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